{"slug":"nhs-grampian-uses-ai-to-speed-up-lung-cancer-detection-in-chest-x-rays","url":"https://findausecase.com/use-cases/nhs-grampian-uses-ai-to-speed-up-lung-cancer-detection-in-chest-x-rays","title":"NHS Grampian uses AI to speed up lung cancer detection in chest X-rays","description":"NHS Grampian's GRACE Project deployed Annalise CXR AI software, which scans chest x-ray images for more than 120 potential issues, to prioritize urgent-suspected-cancer cases for radiologist review across 13 sites, the first use of the algorithm by a UK health board. All images are still manually assessed by radiologists, with AI flagging images that may show signs of lung cancer for more urgent review. The project is finding 12% more treatable cancers and getting 95% of patients through to treatment 30 days faster, even as urgent cancer referrals rose about 50% over five years. NHS Grampian reviews about 70,000 chest x-rays a year, catching roughly 300 previously unknown lung cancers.","company":"NHS Grampian","industry":"Healthcare","country":"United Kingdom","aiCapabilities":["Computer Vision"],"technology":["Annalise CXR"],"deployment":"Unknown","problemStatement":"The number of referrals for urgent suspected cancer has increased by about 50% in the last five years across Grampian, across all specialties.","solutionApproach":"All chest x-ray images continue to be manually assessed by radiologists, but the use of Annalise CXR software highlights images that may show signs of lung cancer, so that they can be reviewed more urgently.","businessValue":"Through the GRACE Project, NHS Grampian is finding 12% more treatable cancers, catching them earlier, and getting 95% of people through to treatment 30 days faster.","evidence":{"band":"high"},"sourceUrl":"https://www.nhsgrampian.org/news/2025/august/nhs-grampian-paves-way-for-using-ai-in-lung-cancer-care-across-scotland/","dates":{"publishedAt":"2026-10-02T05:46:37.891Z","publishedAtSource":"pipeline","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T05:46:37.891Z"},"license":"Open for reading and citing with a link to https://findausecase.com/use-cases/nhs-grampian-uses-ai-to-speed-up-lung-cancer-detection-in-chest-x-rays. Bulk republication requires permission."}